am i a "typical" asian? chancess!

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<p>im a"typical" asian? CHANCE
Objective:</p>

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<li>SAT I (breakdown): 800M 720R 730W- 2250</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Math II, 800 Physics, (sent those 2 in for SEAS) also - 740 Lit 680 Bio</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 weighted..my GPA dropped 2nd sem soph b/c i was sick and missed many classes. guidance cousl. wrote a supplement about this.</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%. read above</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Language(5) Calc BC(5) Stats(5)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: English Lit AP, AP gov, AP physics, AP bio, and taking Calculus III at community college, US hist 2 , Spanish H</li>
<li>Major Awards : Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Award, National Merit Program commended student, AMC 12, a few school awards</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>

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<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball (4 yr, CAPT), Chamber Music Club (4 yrs, VP), Objectivism United (3 yrs, VP), Band H(4 yrs, Asst. Conductor), Math Club (3 yrs,Tres),</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: local pizza place during summer and school year (both for 2 years)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: i have about >100 hours for teaching 3rd grader immigrants how to write/speak english</li>
<li>Summer Activities(2 yrs): Soph-Jr: Program at Columbia, job at pizza place, band (plays at weddings-also won an award by lincoln center), had a Carnegie hall recital, tutored.
.Jr-Sr: internship at NASA, job at pizza place, band (weddings and such),tutor</li>
<li>Essays: very good</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: science teacher and math teacher both LOVED me =)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: incredible, i think he checked off "One of the top few ever encountered".and he chose me as 1 of the 5 students in school to attend leadership and ethics conferences</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

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<li>State (if domestic applicant): NJ</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 60-70</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): did a summer program at Columbia, doing science honors program at columbia, and checked off 11/15 boxes in "How has your interest in Columbia developed?"(yes, i did stay overnight LOL). also my EC's might have helped</li>
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<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Summer program, SHP, NASA, recommendations, ECs, and super interest in columbia</li>
<li>Weaknesses: GPA, Rank, (but i was sick! lol)</li>
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<p>What are my chancesss!</p>

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<p>You would've had a great chance in ED, I think, although because you're from NJ, I don't really know about regular.</p>

<p>If you had lived in AK, then you would've gotten in for sure, I believe.</p>

<p>And as for the "typical asian" Well ish. haha kinda like me. At least you don't play tennis or table tennis.</p>

<p>I had similar SAT scores, but I was really the typical asian with the scores. 780m, 800 wr, 710 reading. 800s on chem and math lv 2. 5s on apus, calc ab, and chem.</p>

<p>But my ECs were the the typical alaskan: skiing, running, track.
some were asian: internship, tutoring. etc.</p>

<p>I got in through Ed</p>

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<p>no offense but with that 3.9 WEIGHTED GPA you're not</p>

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<p>Why do people insist on socially constructing constitutions of "asianness"?</p>

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<p>Hon, if you don't get in, no one will. </p>

<p>It's not just the GPA that matters - look at your SAT scores and your extracurriculars! </p>

<p>If you're worried, then I should be terrified. >.<</p>

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<p>hey, at least your stats bring you up to that caliber. i’m asian but i can’t be a “typical asian” because my stats are lower by like…200 points T_T</p>

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<p>^Midnight Firefly</p>

<p>By what you say, Columbia must be very easy to get into compared to HYP or Stanford. because a 3.9 WEIGHTED is very bad</p>

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<p>its out of 4.3 or 4.4 not a 4.8 or 5.0 scale</p>

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<p>Dang. This is a downer. on my part. very good stats. Good job… A little jealous I. You accomplishments but whatever.
By “income bracket,” do you mean your parents income in thousands?</p>

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<p>Sorry about the sentence and its refusal to make any sense. I meant that I’m jealous of your accomplishments.
No idea how it got there.</p>

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<p>Hi Guys! I’m a student at Columbia and I just want to tell you that there is no cut off for GPA. A 3.9 GPA does NOT disqualify you for admission. Absolutely not. In fact, there is NO GPA that disqualifies you for admission. It’s about the whole package. The Admissions Office looks for candidates who are going to bring something unique to the school, rather than someone who has perfect grades and test scores. Of course those things are important, but are not the whole game.</p>